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Book publishing lives in an environment shaped by larger forces and always has

January 10, 2016 by Mike Shatzkin 15 Comments

(Note to my readers. This longer-than-usual post is really two. The first half is a recital of what I believe is very relevant history. The second half is about how things are now. Although I am personally fascinated by the historical context, if you get bored with the history, the bolded text below marks the […]

Filed Under: Digital Book World, General Trade Publishing, Global, Industry Events, Marketing, New Models, Publishing History, SEO, Supply-Chain, Technology Tagged With: "Four Horsemen", Aer.io, Amazon, Andrew Carnegie, AOL, Apple, B. Dalton, Baker & Taylor, Barnes & Noble, Bing, Borders, Copyright Clearance Center, David Young, Facebook, Fred Argir, Google, Google Plus, Hachette UK, Hachette US, Jeff Bezos, John Ingram, Jon Taplin, Jonathan Kanter, Microsoft, Moz, Putnam, Rand Fishkin, Roy Kaufman, Scott Galloway, Simon & Schuster, Virginia Heffernan, Waldenbooks, Yahoo

Losing bookstores is a much bigger problem for publishers than it is for readers

August 14, 2013 by Mike Shatzkin 96 Comments

Start with this. You’re kidding yourself if you’re a book publisher who believes the digital revolution has slowed down, that independent bookstores will thrive in the new environment, that ebooks — if not a fad — have reached their growth limits, and that something resembling the book business we’ve known for the past 100 years […]

Filed Under: eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Marketing, Self-Publishing, Supply-Chain, Vertical Tagged With: "The Hunger Games", "The Shallows", Bowker, Brentano's, Hachette UK, Joe Esposito, Kindle, Nathan Bransford, Nicholas Carr, Nook, PW

An innocent story with dramatic implications

July 5, 2013 by Mike Shatzkin 17 Comments

It’s a holiday weekend in America, but they’re working in the UK. A story posted by The Bookseller today really caught my eye. It says that Hachette UK is seeing “nearly half” of its sales taking place online. The report, built around data provided in an annual letter by CEO Tim Hely Hutchinson to authors, […]

Filed Under: Authors, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Publishers Launch Conferences, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Amazon, Hachette UK, Nook, Tim Hely Hutchinson

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